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GioAguilar
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Posted June 30th, 2007 13:00
When you press that buttom, it shouldn´t turn off, if you haven´t changed the action for that buttom. What I didn, is disabled Hybrid Sleep, since then, sleeps works fine on my E520, Maybe just once didn´t wake it up. Not big deal...Honestly is not a function I use frecuently, If I ain´t going to use the computer turn it off is my best...The only reason for my to leave the computer on is when I´m downloading big files...- As best I can tell, all drivers are up to date. The machine was delivered 6/14, so I could not find but a couple of drivers that required updating. Those updated were not connected to video or bios. Amazingly, the "sleep" function, where the power button would blink amber and the fan would shut-off worked for a couple of days after I received the machine, but after three or so days (with no new hardware/software), it stopped working - or works as I previously indicated, where monitor indicates machine going into power save mode, but power button light stays solid green, and fan continues to run. This is a pretty frustrating situation. All documentation indicates 'sleep' is preferred method of shutdown, but I can't seem to get my machine to act 'sleepy.' Thanks for all the help, and any other ideas.
eugene89us
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Posted June 30th, 2007 18:00
Hi, fibrou!There is one thing you should try doing. When you turn on your computer, go to BIOS by pressing, I think, F2 before the Windows starts loading. When you get to BIOS setup, search in there - you should be able to find the field which would say something like USB devices would be able to wake computer up, or something about USB devices having power during the sleep mode. In this case, select DISABLE, which would turn all USB devices off when the computer is asleep.I couldn't put my laptop to sleep as soon as I got my machine because of my Bluetooth device which kept waking it up when the sleep was initiated. I disabled the USB power in sleep mode in BIOS and now everything works great! Try and see if this works.Eugene.________________________________
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
Dell Inspiron E1705: Centrino Duo Computer
Intel Core Duo T2350 @ 1.866 GHz D-0 (Yonah)
17" WXGA+ Screen by AU Optronics
2 GB RAM at DDR2-533 by Hyundai Electronics
ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 256 MB Graphics Card with Hypermemory
120 GB 5400 RPM Hard Disk Drive by Samsung
Dell Bluetooth 355 + EDR Technology
Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 a/b/g 54 Mbps
Sigmatel High Definition Audio
Sony DVD+-RW with DL Support- OK - don't want to harp on it, but just because your machine was delivered in June does not necessarily mean that the latest drivers (or BIOS) are installed. It might be worth identifying your BIOS version and driver versions (especially your video drivers) to make sure they are the most up to date.I had the same problem, but after updating the BIOS and installing the latest driver for my nvidia card, Sleep magically started to work. I've had a few issues lately where my network connection was lost after "waking up" but I think I've got this solved.
- Thanks for all the help. Drivers are all up to date, and no USB "waking." Still, sleep does not work... Monitor tells me it is going into power save mode, but power button stays solid green, and fan running. Oh well... I guess sleep is not going to work on this machine...
Rebel9
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Posted June 30th, 2007 00:00